Making Teammates Better--Kobe Bryant

"How to truly make players better, what that really means. It's not just passing to your guys and getting them shots. It's not getting this or that many players into double figures. That's bull[expletive]. That's not how you win championships. You've got to change the culture of your team - that's how you truly make guys better. In a way, you have to help them to get the same DNA that you have, the same focus you have, maybe even close to the same drive. That's how you make guys better. I've never understood this stuff, where a star player sits out and a team goes into the tank. Well, they need him because he makes them better. Well, if he's making them better, they should be able to survive without him. That's how you lead your guys. You've got to be able to make guys suffice on their own, without you. If you're there all the time and they take you away, they shouldn't need a respirator.
"Once I understood all that, I looked at things completely different. I took my hands off. I didn't try to control them. I let them make decisions, make their own [expletive]-ups and I was there to try and help them through it." -- Kobe Bryant

BG Hoops: Opens Regular Season November 30th

BG Hoops Practice

After days, weeks, and months of practice the Lancers will open the regular season with a five game tournament at the Baldwin Park-Sierra Vista Winter Tip-Off Tournament. They open with games Tuesday versus South El Monte, Wednesday versus Azusa, and Thursday against perennial power Glendora. Check Schedule link for game location and times.

Midnight Madness

Midnight Madness 2010

BG Hoops opened up the 2010-2011 season with a Midnight Madness practice. As soon as the clock struck 12 AM on November 13th, the team was running up and down the court getting ready for a big season.

The Lancers open up the season with a scrimmage against the Swordsmen of St. Paul high school at BGHS on Wednesday, November 24th, 2010.